Beating Foucault to the Punch: Dickens; Death, Limit Experience and the Pleasure of Killing Nancy

Authors

  • Shale Preston

Keywords:

Charles Dickens, Sikes and Nancy, readings, performance, live readings, limit experience,

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2020-06-11

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (1998)

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Preston, S. (2020). Beating Foucault to the Punch: Dickens; Death, Limit Experience and the Pleasure of Killing Nancy. Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, 4(1), 88-97. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/AJVS/article/view/13732